Gothic Horror

Gothic horror is a genre of literature that has elements of both romance and horror. Although it is sometimes confused with paranormal romance, according to some horror writers, gothic horror is considered a more atmospheric type of literature.

See Gothic.
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The Sacred Space Between
The Devil in Oxford (Ruby Vaughn, #3)
I'll Make a Spectacle of You
Hazelthorn
All of Us Murderers
Cinder House
The Graceview Patient
The Hong Kong Widow
Savage Blooms (Unearthly Delights, #1)
The Last Witch
How to Fake a Haunting
Atlas of Unknowable Things
The Works of Vermin
Psychopomp & Circumstance
House of Splinters
Mexican Gothic
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
Hungerstone
Hazelthorn
Diavola
The Possession of Alba Díaz
Blood on Her Tongue
The Hacienda
The Bog Wife
My Darling Dreadful Thing
Juniper & Thorn
The Last Witch
The Devil and Mrs. Davenport
Brat
The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeNight Shift by Stephen  KingDifferent Seasons by Stephen  KingFull Dark, No Stars by Stephen  KingI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Best Horror Collections
105 books — 16 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeVarney the Vampire, Volume I by Thomas Peckett Prest
Penny Dreadful
17 books — 12 voters

Through the Woods by E.M. CarrollAnnabel Lee by Edgar Allan PoeWilliam Wilson by Edgar Allan PoeThe Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra KhawA Descent into the Maelstrom by Edgar Allan Poe
required reading for DEADWOOD
29 books — 2 voters
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakStardust by Neil GaimanThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
SFF: Best Prose
35 books — 14 voters

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin1984 by George OrwellSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
SFF: Best Themes
18 books — 11 voters

Dracula
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Mexican Gothic
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Haunting of Hill House
Carmilla
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Rebecca
The Turn of the Screw
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
The Phantom of the Opera
Wuthering Heights
The Castle of Otranto
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

Aran Maza
How strange the heart was, capable of making you lose your head over a monster.
Aran Maza, Garden Of Shadows

Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorain Gray

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